– Improving fisheries data through cloud-based solutions. – Efficient and cost-effective data transmission at sea. – Automatic analysis of fisheries data through AI and ML, on the edge and on the cloud. – Monitoring and reporting technologies at sea and at ports to counter IUU fishing, such as electronic monitoring.
2. Market Drivers Enabling Emerging Technologies
– Best practice standards for technology implementation, “What to confidently invest in?”. – Innovative collaborations to counter-IUU fishing. – Supporting interoperability for the adoption of EM and ER at scale. – Securing safe and legal work at sea.
3. Building Resilience in Coastal Fisheries
– Monitoring small-scale and coastal fisheries for better fisheries management. – From simple to complex, technologies for small-scale fisheries and resilient communities. – Enabling and scaling responsible market access for small-scale fisheries through. – Monitoring, traceability and other associated tech.
4. Scaling Emerging Technologies in Supply Chain Operations and Enabling Market Access
– Data ecosystems and infrastructure to support digital transformation and interoperable data exchange/flow. – Advancing supply chain accountability through transparency and traceability from the point of catch to the marketplace. – Harmonizing government and market requirements for fisheries tech.
5. Innovations in Bycatch Reduction and Reduced Habitat Impacts
– Technologies for bycatch reduction. – Innovation in habitat protection. – Technologies for supporting MPA management.
6. Innovations in Electronic Monitoring and Reporting
– Special Sessions are opportunities for delegates to build out the subject, speaker line-up and format of session that is broadly in line with the conference theme.